This was a little bit of a rough week for us all around. It was our first daycare week since summer started which means 12 daycare kids, my 4 kids and any friends that they bring over for pretty much all day. It is easier to have 8 all day and then have my kids come home from school. I made an average of 15 lunches every day last week not including the teenagers getting their own food. That gets a little overwhelming to your senses.... noises constantly, always having something that needs to be addressed or discussed, lots of diapers, lots of socks and shoes everywhere...The week started off with Sam's birthday. He's such a sweetheart and I'll do another blog post just about that. Monday and Tuesday I was training my summer helper. Monday Sam invited some friends over to play for his birthday, then we were invited to play with the Brashers at the Roberton's house. They had come down from Wyoming for Rose's baby blessing (which we missed because we were at Bear Lake). Tuesday Evelyn started her intense last two weeks of practices before their ballet next week. Jer and Sam took a blacksmithing class which I'll post about. Wed Evelyn had practice again, Sam had a bishop interview, Jer took the older two to the temple for baptisms with the Brashers, and then a visit over at Emma and Stephen's house before bed. Wed morning, one of the girls that's not officially in my daycare but has been hanging out at my house all week got angry that I put her brother in timeout for hitting and pushing a girl off the kitchen chair. She called her mom and I got yelled at for 4 hours over text before the mom actually came in person to talk to me. We got everything settled. I'm still caring for the little boy, but the daughter is not going to be coming to my house anymore. My partner and I decided that we don't mind if the mom leaves with the little boy too. The only times I've had any parent drama in the last three years have all been with this same mom. Thursday, I took the daycare out early because it was supposed to be in the 90s in the afternoon. They like to hunt for bugs and dig in the dirt. That's what they were doing when the group of kids came out of our playhouse bush holding a baby bird. One of the girls scared the momma bird off the nest while her brother stole the babies out of the nest. Sam put them back in the nest, but the momma bird rejected them and threw them out again. Lucy got two of them and Sam was able to rescue one. Sam and Beth (my helper) drove the baby up to the Aviary sanctuary and they took it. Poor Sam was a wreck the rest of the day. Ada packed herself and Hannah camping gear for Youth Conference and they left for a campsite close to Park City. Thursday night was D&D with the Komen's and Uncle Seth too. I was so tired that I slept right through it. Friday, my helper called in sick but I only had 9 kids plus my 4 so that was a nice break. The kids lost their outdoor time because of the birds and we stayed inside all day (which is easier for me anyways). I was going to still take them out, but the boy who raided the nest kept talking about it. I think he's on the spectrum and I need to get him focused on something else before we go out again. There were a few mix ups with Evelyn's dance photoshoots so I ended up on the phone a lot. They gave me the wrong times for the photos, never gave me the correct papers on how to style her hair and we lost our hairspray somewhere in construction. My marvelous Mom saved the day and helped Evelyn get where she needed to go and wear the things she needed to wear. Friday night we went to swim and play with the Brashers at the Robertson's again. It was a good end to a hard week.
Sam hung out by me most of the week. Kind of like my support animal. He could tell I was stressed and kept checking on me.
Ada drew this for her friend's birthday.
I brought out some dress ups for the daycare and one of the bags had all these in it. All illegal items for my daycare area. It was a very quick shock for me and a quick clean up too.
Sam and the baby bird. They think it's a dove.
Evelyn and one of her costumes for the ballet. She's a star in the sky. Her other costume is an antique doll. I've never been good at hair or makeup, so what do you do? At least no one told me I did her hair wrong this time.
